It's officially tax season. The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2026 filing period for the 2025 tax year on Jan. 26. Oregonians can file their 2025 federal and state income tax returns until April ...

Early birds can submit their 2025 tax returns today and receive their potential tax refunds in two to three weeks. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

The Trump administration may have shuttered Direct File — the IRS’s short-lived experiment in tax-preparation software — but it doesn’t mean you have to pay to file your taxes. There are plenty of ...

As tax season comes underway, there are a few tax changes this year that filers should be aware of. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) also will start accepting taxes as early as January 26, but most ...

The 2026 tax filing season will begin on Monday, January 26. The deadline to file your 2025 taxes is Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Several new tax breaks were introduced for 2025, including increased ...

Tax season is officially underway, and the Internal Revenue Service has begun accepting individual federal tax returns for 2026 through its free guided software program, IRS Free File. The IRS opened ...

The IRS shut down its direct filing program for 2026, but Free File, Fillable Forms, MilTax, and some private tools remain—if you know where to look. Here’s how to navigate the free options still ...

IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS Direct File in 2025. So, are they out of luck, along with millions of others ...

(NEXSTAR) – In 2025, nearly 300,000 Americans used a new electronic system to file their taxes directly with the IRS for free. In 2026, that’s no longer an option. IRS Direct File launched as a pilot ...

The Justice Department released a portion of the Jeffrey Epstein files to meet the Friday deadline established in a congressional bill with a series of downloadable files related to the convicted sex ...

Eligible AT&T customers have until Dec. 18 to file a claim in a data breach settlement. Here's how to find out if you're eligible. There were two data breaches where customer information was stolen in ...